[Ed: DRGO's Director Emeritus, Dr. Tim Wheeler, published this October 13 at Ammoland's invitation, recounting his long frustration confronting the CMA's intransigent opposition to hearing protection for the 28% of Californian's who own guns, let alone all who shoot or watch. That's over 11 million people. DRGO has led nationally in arguing for unrestricted access to suppressors since our 2017 Position Paper documenting the science demonstrating their need.] During my senior year in medi...

(from nationalflagday.com) [Ed: We first published this in 2018. It’s worth repeating.] Today, September 17, is United States Constitution Day—also Citizenship Day, and before that, I Am An American Day. Any day is good to be grateful to be American. This one is especially fitting. What a great day to be celebrating all American citizens, not just those of us that were born here. So many people are striving to become U.S citizens every day and many people that will fill out documents...

Happy 250th from DRGO! [Ed: There’s no better way to mark July 4th than to read our country’s Declaration of Independence. The original orthography is retained, but the specific complaints about King George and Parliament’s abuses are edited out in order to focus on the principles that applied then, do now, and always will. Reposted since 2019.] In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.  When in the Course of human ev...

[Ed: First appearing on DRGO 7 years ago, we repost this piece yearly.] Memorial Day has now come for the 58th time since it was officially proclaimed in 1967. It has been kept nationwide, though unofficially, since World War II, and as Decoration Day since 1868.  It was born in spontaneous memorials early during the Civil War.  Remembering war dead has been important throughout history, even as the manner of recognition has changed across time and societies. As with many things cultu...

(from yahoo.com) In a recent medical journal report the authors find that a firearm injury to an adult is associated with a child in the family receiving a psychiatric diagnosis. They imply that distress around the injury leads to the emergence of psychiatric difficulties and subsequently a psychiatric diagnosis. On its face, this seems plausible. The authors note some limitations, including relying exclusively on commercial health insurance to obtain data regarding injuries and psychiatr...

(from washingtonpost.com) [Ed: We have published this piece annually since 2015 for Bill of Rights Day December 15. The  Bill’s Second Amendment is the reason for our being, in more ways than one.] Yesterday we all should have jubilantly celebrated the 230th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the original 10 amendments to the United States’ federal constitution. Remarkably, it slips by relatively unremarked. Yet our Bill of Rights may actually be the most significant o...

(from shutterstock.com) [Ed: This came from SCOPE-NY and seems well worth sharing again for Thanksgiving. As it is by an anonymous author, the liberty of a few minor edits were taken for publication here.] We won the lottery when we were born in the United States of America.  We enjoy freedoms and rights and opportunities that no one else in history has enjoyed. It’s more than appropriate that Americans take a day to say thanks for that win. The Bible talks about birthrights an...

[Ed: This is an interesting review by Dr. Gift of an interesting interview with a usually anti-gun professor, who seems to be taking a somewhat different and more rational perspective on causes of crime, though he is still somewhat pat and ambiguous.] A recent issue of the University of Chicago Magazine includes an interview with Jens Ludvig, author of Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence. While he seems too tied to the term “gun violence”, he feels tha...